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If your babies went to the NICU, pls come in
We had our hospital tour this weekend. It was a beautiful facility and we enjoyed it up until the end when they said, "Oh by the way, if any of you are having twins, it's a totally different process." So much for getting to enjoy the gorgeous & spacious L&D rooms w/ hardwood floors, dim lighting, flat screen tv's, nice furniture, etc. Turns out all twins have to be delivered in an OR, regardless of vaginal or c-section delivery. Ok, I get that - no big deal. Although, I was really disappointed when they said that if the babies have to go to the NICU, no one except me or DH are allowed to see them AT ALL until they are released to the regular nursery. Was this the rule at your hospital? I was just really surprised to hear this. DH's parents live out of state, and were going to fly in for the birth (if it's a scheduled c/s), but if there's a chance they could be in the NICU for days, there really wouldn't be much point in them coming out 
Just curious if it was just our hospital or if others had the same policy. All the more incentive to keep these babies cooking as long as possible!
Just curious if it was just our hospital or if others had the same policy. All the more incentive to keep these babies cooking as long as possible! TTC #1 since 6/07, Dx = Ovulatory dysfunction, DOR, and autoimmune issues ~
4 Clomid cycles, 1 Femara Cycle, 6 Injectible IUI cycles~
4 Chemical PG's ~
IVF #1 Dec '09 = BFP!! Beta 8dp3dt = 68 10dp3dt = 276 16dp3dt = 1511 ~
First U/S 1/14 = 3 Heartbeats!!!
Lost Baby C at 8w5d
Emergency Cerclage at 22wks saved our babies lives
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Re: If your babies went to the NICU, pls come in
Wow, i'm a little surprised by that policy. At our hospital, anyone could see our babies 24 hours a day WITH DH or me, and only 4 of us could be in there at a time. No big deal...
Cook babies, cook!
Our NICU policy was two people to a baby and one of those had to be a parent. Since we had twins we could have four people. We could see them anytime we wanted. They just wouldn't let you in during doctor rotations. If you were already in then you could stay.
I dont have multiples, but DD went to the NICU. The policy there was that only parents, siblings, and grandparents of the new baby could come in the hospital at all (including the NICU).
My sister, for example, wasn't allowed in my hospital room, nor in the NICU, but my parents and my hubby's parents were.
While our situation was quite different (twins delivered at 26w3d) and we were in the NICU for 119 days.. every hospital has different rules. Ours was parents only, NO exceptions. So no one but us saw the boys. Not to mention, we lost one of our sons four days after birth, so that made it even harder that no one else was allowed in.
Keep 'em cooking, mama! Good luck!
Our NICU allowed visitors even without mom and dad being there. We had a list of certain people who were allowed access to the NICU when we weren't there. When DH and I were there, we were allowed to bring anyone we wanted into the NICU as long as they weren't sick and we didn't bring more than 2 people in at a time.
Our NICU had a list of rules for the list of people who could come in without mom and dad.
They were not allowed to ask questions regarding the boys at all. Only the parents were allowed to disclose any information regarding babies in the NICU.
Visitors were not allowed to touch, hold, or feed the babies without the parents being there.
No more than two visitors per pod.
I wish my NICU would have been more strict about visitors just because it would have made our lives easier in the beginning. We ended up removing everyone from the list because the IL's mainly weren't following the rules and we would find out about it from the boys' nurses.
For 3 weeks, DH and I never had time alone with the boys because his family was always there. Always. Once we got rid of "the list", it was a better experience.
It sucks especially when you have people coming in from out of town for the birth but trust me, it will be much less stressful on you and DH if you don't have tons of people coming into the NICU. The NICU is stressful enough.
Good luck, I hope your babies don't need to go to the NICU at all!
Our NICU had a very strict policy and to be honest, I am very happy they did. Only parents (us) and grandparents (our parents) were allowed into the NICU. Our babies were very early and pretty sick and I was happy there weren't any kids or big groups in the NICU and it made it easier for me to tell our family that they couldn't come in because it was "policy". I can't imagine keeping my parents away though. Ours was on lock-down because of swine-flu and the threat of outside illness was too great. Our hospital also had different stages of care, so the most critical NICU rooms were for parents only and then grandparents were allowed as the babies graduated to less intense rooms.
every nicu has different rules. our nicu allowed 2 adults, and one had to be a parent. i thought it should've been 2 people per child... singletons got to have 2 visitors.
i recently met the head charge nurse from our nicu. she was talking about the danger of contamination, and to keep in mind that there are 24 & 26wkers in there. it makes perfect sense to really limit the traffic in and out of a nicu, even if it's annoying at the time.
That's insane. Immediate family could see the babies WITH Nate or myself and there was no limit. As long as it wasn't meds time or changing of the staff, we had free rein.
As mentioned by other posters each NICU will have it's own policy...totally understandable.
All I know is that if my babies were early and it was a big NICU (not a private room for the twins if they even do that?) that last thing I would want is a bunch of people walking through carrying their germs...KWIM? My thought was to have the babies at the hospital with the best NICU in the area and then trust their judgement for rules since they are the experts. Hell, I'll admit I was a freak about visitors until they were 2 months old because they were born during cold/flu season and I did NOT want sick preemies/infants.
Yeah, it might suck don't get me wrong -- but getting my own children or God forbid someone else's child sick just because I wanted more visitors is not something I could forgive myself for....KWIM?